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JAMES ALLEN CROSBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Crosby, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 56
- KENNETH BERYL BERRYSergeant · January 6, 1968
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 55
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 62
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.